Kévin Rouet (born 01 december 1986) is a French

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coach. He is currently the head coach of the

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Biography

Rouet was born in

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, he played in the amateur divisions in France before migrating to

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in 2009 aged 22. He studied mechanical engineering at Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Arts et Metiers (ENSAM) de

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in France and then completed a project management degree at the

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. He then worked for a bridge construction company, Canam Engineering.

Coaching career

He coached the women's teams at

Laval University Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxe ...

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and

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. He first joined the Canadian women's fifteens team in 2019 as an assistant coach under former head coach, Sandro Fiorino. In March 2022, He was named as the new head coach of the

References

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